Many years ago a nurse I knew told me of a very old lady dying in hospital. She was very lonely because she couldn’t understand English. She was Hungarian and she also knew German well.
I wanted to help her, so I got the permission of the Anglican Chaplain to visit her and read the Bible to her in German, a language I know well.
I visited her every day and read the German Bible to her. She listened intently, although she was demented and her eyes and her mind would wander at times.
Finally, one evening I read her the promise of Jesus to give eternal life to all who believed.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26 ESV
Suddenly her eyes stopped wandering and she became clearly focused on the question.
“Yes, I believe!” she answered in a strong clear voice.
I never saw her again because the next day she was dead.
A nurse told me the old lady appeared to be dying six months before but she started reviving. God preserved her life until she could hear the message of life and then He took her to heaven.
There are many people out there ready to believe the message of Jesus but they just need you or me to tell them in a loving way.
This old lady was a Roman Catholic, so she knew about Jesus, heaven and hell and eternal salvation. She just needed to hear a simple clear Bible message.
But there are also people who have heard but are not ready to believe.
Many have been abused or bullied by priests, pastors or religious teachers. Others have seen loved ones torn apart by unhealthy Christian religion.
In recent years bishops, priests, pastors and preachers have been ducking for cover because the scandal has been all over the media. You can tell many people about God, but they will not believe until they encounter God personally.
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